President Obama's response to events in the Middle East, particularly in Libya, are so opaque, so convoluted, it's tempting to think there's some ingenious master plan in effect behind the scenes that he hasn't clued us in on.

What Westerners think of as goodwill, Middle Easterners often interpret as weakness.

But with its long and troubled history in the Middle East region, the idea of sending a peacekeeping force should be dead on arrival.

With its long and troubled history in the Middle East, the idea of sending a peacekeeping force should be dead on arrival.

A review of literature on Egypt's past and present political development.

The United Nations is about to elect its eighth secretary general. Which candidate offers the best hope for inaugurating the deep reform that the organization needs so badly?

The majority of Arab civil society may celebrate Bush's election rebuke, but Arab reformers may find they have missed their best opportunity, while dictators and theocrats seize theirs.

U.S. engagement of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoodwould bepremature, given the group's rigid interpretation of Islam.